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PieCast 1: If pie were in the Olympics

Ahead of our October 2 pie contest, here's the first installment of KCRW's 2016 Good FoodPieCast. It's a podcast about pie, a piecast -- get it?! -- dedicated to our love of pie. We're going to take you on a delicious journey in three parts to meet pie lovers, pie eaters and expert pie makers across the country.

Are cheesecakes and gallettes pies? Where does pie territory end and tart territory begin? Is a square pie just as tasty as a round pie or a slab pie? These are just a couple of questions the host of WNYC's The Sporkful podcast, Dan Pashman, tackles in this loaded debate with our very own Evan Kleiman over the technicalities of pie: "In the grand scheme of life, there are only a few categories of food," says Pashman, "Pie is one of them." Get the official rules for our pie contest on the Good Food blog.

Michelle Lesco is 112 pounds and 5-feet, 4-inches tall. Despite her small frame, she is one of the top female competitive eaters in the world and has eaten ungodly amounts of all kinds of things in contests, including hot dogs, chicken wings, and you guessed it, pie. Here's how to eat nine pounds of boysenberry pie in eight minutes, per Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco.

Music: "Howling at Nothing" by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, and "Cherry Pie" by Warrant

Now that we've covered competitive pie eating, it's time to move to competitive pie-making. Our next guest, Evette Rahman, has won eight blue ribbons at the American Pie Council-sponsored National Pie Championships, including best-in-show. Listen carefully as she joins us from her own bakery, Sister Honey's in Orlando, Florida, with some helpful insight into how she prepares for the big day. You can find Rahman's pie contest cheat sheet, plus a recipe for her award-winning Lemon Blueberry Blast Pie on the Good Food blog.

Register for KCRW's 8th annual Good Food Pie Contest, which takes place on October 2 at UCLA's Fowler Museum.

CORRECTION:In the audio, we mention that Evette has won 10 blue ribbons at this year's National Pie Championships, however the correct number is eight blue ribbons.